Evolutionary theorists argue all of the following EXCEPT that
A) traditional research on decision making has imposed invalid and unrealistic standards of rationality.
B) human brains are wired to think in terms of base rates and probabilities.
C) humans only seem irrational because cognitive psychologists have been asking the wrong questions.
D) human decision making and problem solving strategies have been tailored to handle real world adaptive problems.

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Evolutionary theorists do not argue that human brains are specifically wired to think in terms of base rates and probabilities. While evolutionary psychology suggests that human cognitive strategies have arisen as adaptations to solve real-world problems, this does not necessarily include specific cognitive tendencies towards certain types of reasoning.

Evolutionary Theorists Argue All of the Following EXCEPT That